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Actinolite In Fluorite

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Actinolite In Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Turk & Angelus Mine, Bulawayo District, Zimbabwe
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.2 × 0.9 × 0.8 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small cleavage of a fluorite crystal with several sprays of actinolite included in the fluorite. Some of the actinolite has altered to an unknown white mineral. Really interesting under the scope!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Actinolite

Formula: 
☐{Ca2}{Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5}(Si8O22)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.DE.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic - Prismatic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Streak: 
White

Fluorite

Formula: 
CaF2
Strunz: 
3.AB.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

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